In message <[log in to unmask]>, Tom Emerson
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Phil Yantis
>>
>> "There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand
>> binary, and those who don't."
>> Dori Smith
>> http://www.backupbrain.com/2002_06_02_archive.html#77472437
>
>And the other one understands computers.
>Tom Emerson
>(I was tempted to ask, "and the other two?", but then realized 10 denotes
>three states, not four -- it would have had to have been "there are 11 types
>of people..." ;) )
10 is binary for 2. There is no third state, or group. I guess between
us we are proving Dori/Phil's point.... :-)
But there is weirdness here.... to me, reading on comp.sys.hp.mpe,
Phil's post appeared empty, and the whole 'raw text' is:
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Xref: news.demon.co.uk comp.sys.hp.mpe:77160
Path:
news.demon.co.uk!demon!kibo.news.demon.net!demon!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfee
d.cwix.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!pln-e!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.ne
wsguy.com!enews1
From: Phil Yantis <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp.mpe
Subject: OT: Friday thought for the day
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 15:31:23 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)
Organization: e3000.org gateway
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Why do we think this might be? Was Phil's posting an attachment, or
what?
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